Comparing NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 vs GALAX GeForce GTX 960 OC

gpu NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
• GPU Chip
  GP106-400-A1 (Pascal) GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
• Execution units
  10 8
• Shader
  1280 1024
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  80 64

• Memory Size
  6 GB 2 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Clock
  2.002 GHz 1.753 GHz
• Memory Speed
  8 Gbps 7.01 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 112 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

• Base Clock
  1.506 GHz 1.165 GHz+ 3 %
• Boost Clock
  1.708 GHz 1.228 GHz+ 4 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  120 W 120 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 98 \xc2\xb0C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Radial Axial
• Fan 1
  1 x 65 mm 2 x 75 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.2
• DVI Ports
  1 1

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 4096x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No

• Length
  250 mm 193 mm
• Height
  111 mm 124 mm
• Width
  -- 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2015
• Launch Price
  249 $ (Reference) 229 $
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Documents
  data sheet --